LARA: OYSTER MAGAZINE SPREAD

Oyster issue 91 explores duality, fame and celebrity though two covers and a striking black and white editorial featuring media whipping girl and much maligned starlet Lara Bingle. Shot by Stephen Ward and Georges Antoni, Bingle is afforded her own Black Swan/White Swan moment with each photog offering their own interpretation of the divisive Sydney beauty.

Hint: Ward captures the demure side while Antoni goes for hard-edged glam. Styling, hair and makeup follows accordingly with stylist and Fashion Director Imogene Barron opting for statement pieces like a Burberry motorcycle jacket and House Of Fetish metallic crop top for Black-Swan-Bingle while White-Swan-Bingle tones it down in demure wares from Josh Goot and Chanel. The transformation is deftly realized, an idea that extends to the magazine itself.